Surname Đurkan in modern Croatia

Đurkan families are Croats and they are mostly from Lepoglava area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Lepoglava area.

Prevalence

About 230 people with faimily name Đurkan live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Grabe in Lepoglava area (25), Koprivnica (25), Podrute (20), and in Kebel in Lepoglava area (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Đurkan (including: Durkan , Durcan , Gjurkan , Giurcan , Djurkan , Durchman , Durchan , Gyurkan and Gyurcsan ) is present in 36 countries worldwide. "Durkan " is used by some 1000 people in Turkey , about 500 in the United States , and some 400 people in Great Britain. "Durcan " is used by some 800 people in Turkey , about 400 in the United States , and some 200 people in Great Britain. "Durchman " is used by some 90 people in Finland and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivica Đurkan, Boris Đurkan, Dalibor Đurkan, Katarina Đurkan, Katja Đurkan, Josip Đurkan, Ivan Đurkan, Danijel Đurkan, Darko Đurkan, Krešimir Đurkan, Danijela Đurkan, Tomislav Đurkan, Stjepan Đurkan, Silvio Đurkan, Anita Đurkan, Ivanka Đurkan, Željko Đurkan, Maja Đurkan, Slava Đurkan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1769 in source 18th Century Census.

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